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Please see the site license agreement available at: www.cctglobal.com/agreement Courseware Release Version 5.0 Page 1 of 50 OS/2 WARP 4 - BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS...............................................................................1 WHAT IS OS/2? ................................................................................................................................................1 ADVANTAGES OF OS/2 COMPARED TO DOS....................................................................................................1 MULTITASKING ................................................................................................................................................2 OS/2 AND SUPPORT FOR DOS AND WINDOWS.................................................................................................2 OS/2 AND MEMORY .........................................................................................................................................2 OS/2 AND FILING SYSTEMS..............................................................................................................................3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................3 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................................3 REVIEW QUESTIONS .........................................................................................................................................4 BASIC CONCEPTS AND SCREEN COMPONENTS..............................................................................5 WHAT IS THE WORKPLACE SHELL? .................................................................................................................5 CONCENTRATING ON YOUR DATA! ..................................................................................................................5 WORKPLACE SHELL - TYPES OF OBJECTS........................................................................................................5 The Desktop .................................................................................................................................................5 Data Objects ................................................................................................................................................5 Program Objects..........................................................................................................................................6 Device Objects .............................................................................................................................................6 Folder Objects .............................................................................................................................................6 Template Objects .........................................................................................................................................6 THE TWO MOUSE BUTTONS - SELECT, THEN MANIPULATE!............................................................................6 What is single clicking used for? .................................................................................................................6 What is double clicking used for?................................................................................................................6 DRAG AND DROP - COPYING VS. MOVING .......................................................................................................7 To move objects ...........................................................................................................................................7 To copy objects ............................................................................................................................................7 USING SHADOWS..............................................................................................................................................7 To create a shadow......................................................................................................................................7 THE WARPCENTER...........................................................................................................................................7 THE LAUNCHPAD.............................................................................................................................................9 THE COMPONENTS OF AN OS/2 WINDOW ........................................................................................................9 THE TITLE BAR AND MOVING WINDOWS.........................................................................................................9 To move a window .......................................................................................................................................9 THE WINDOW BORDER - RE-SIZING ...............................................................................................................10 To make a window narrower or wider.......................................................................................................10 To make a window shorter or taller...........................................................................................................10 To re-size a window in two directions at the same time.............................................................................10 MAXIMIZE, MINIMIZE, CLOSE AND RESTORE BUTTONS.................................................................................10 Maximizing a window ................................................................................................................................10 Restoring a window ...................................................................................................................................10 Minimizing a window.................................................................................................................................10 Closing a window.......................................................................................................................................11 SCROLL BARS.................................................................................................................................................11 To move up or down through a window containing vertical scroll bars....................................................11 To move to the left or right in a window containing horizontal scroll bars...............................................11 THE MENU BAR .............................................................................................................................................11 POP-UP PROPERTY MENUS .............................................................................................................................11 To display the pop-up menu for any object................................................................................................11 CLOSING THE WORKPLACE SHELL.................................................................................................................12 To shut down OS/2 using the WarpCenter.................................................................................................12 To shut down OS/2